Following are the commonly used acronyms used in television broadcast, cable, audio and related industries.
| ACRONYM | MEANING |
| AA | Average Audience |
| AAAA | American Association of Advertising Agencies |
| AAAA | Associated Actors and Artists of America |
| AAF | American Advertising Federation |
| AAPOR | American Association for Public Opinion Research |
| ABES | Association for Broadcast Engineering Standards |
| AC | Adult Contempoary |
| ACA | Advertising Council of America |
| ACBB | American Counciil for Better Broadcasting |
| ACC | Automatic Chrominance (or Contrast) Control |
| ACE | American Cinema Editors |
| ACSB | Amplitude Compandored Sideband |
| ACT | Action for Children’s Television |
| ACTS | All-Channel Television Society |
| ACTS | Association of Cable Television Suppliers |
| ACTVA | American Community TV Association |
| ACU | Antenna Coupling Unit |
| ADC | Analog-to-digital Converter |
| ADI | Area of Dominent Influence |
| ADS | Alpha Delta Sigma (Advertising Fraternity) |
| AEA | Actors Equity Association |
| AER | Alpha Epislon Rho – College Broadcast Fraternity |
| AES | Audio Engineering Society |
| AF | Audio Frequency |
| AFC | Automatic Frequency Control |
| AFCCE | Association of Federal Communications Consulting Engineers |
| AFI | American Film Institute |
| AFM | American Federation of Musicians |
| AFN | Armed Forces Network |
| AFRTS | Armed Forces Radio & Television Service |
| AFT | Automatic Fine Tuning |
| AFTRA | American Federation of Television & Radio Artists |
| AFTRCC | Aerospace Flight Test Radio Coordinating Council |
| AGAC | American Guild of Actors & Composers |
| AGC | Automatic Gain Control |
| AGMA | American Guild of Musical Artists |
| AGVA | American Guild of Variety Artists |
| AHAAT | Antenna Height Above Average Terrain |
| AIAA | Association of International Advertising Agencies |
| AID | Arbitron Information on Demand |
| AIM | Accuracy in Media |
| AITS | Association of Independent Television Stations |
| ALC | Automatic Level Control |
| ALF | American Legal Foundation |
| ALJ | Administrative Law Judge |
| ALPTVA | American Low Power TV Association |
| AM | Amplitude Modulation |
| AMOL | Automated Measurement of Lineup |
| AMPAS | Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences |
| AMST | Association of Maximum Service Telecasters |
| AMVB | Association of Music Video Broadcasters |
| ANA | Association of National Advertisers |
| ANPA | American Newspaper Publishers Association |
| ANSI | American National Standards Institute |
| AOR | Album Oriented Rock (program format) |
| AOR | All Over the Road (Undefined program format) |
| APA | Administrative Procedures Act |
| APL | Average Picture Level |
| APR | American Public Radio |
| ARCH | Automatic Remote Cassette Handler |
| ARF | Advertisers Research Foundation |
| ARRS | Association of Radio Reading Services |
| ASC | American Society of Cinematographers |
| ASCAP | American Society of Composers |
| ATFP | Alliance of Television & Film Producers |
| ATR | Audio Tape Recorder |
| ATS | Applications Technology Satellite |
| ATS | Automatic Transmission System |
| ATSC | Advanced Television Systems Committee |
| ATU | Antenna Tuning Unit |
| AWG | American Wire Gauge for electrical wiring |
| AWRT | American Women in Radio & Television |
| BAPSA | Broadcast Advertising Producers Society of America |
| BAR | Broadcast Advertisers Reports |
| BBC | British Broadcasting Corporation |
| BEA | Broadcast Education Association |
| BEDA | Broadcast Executive Directors Association |
| BER | Bit Error Rate |
| BET | Black Entertainment Television |
| BFM | Broadcast Financial Management Association |
| BIAC | Broadcast Interassociation Council |
| BIB | Board for International Broadcasting |
| BICIAP | Broadcasting Industry Council to Improve American Productivi |
| BM | Beautiful Music-Easy Listening Format |
| BMI | Broadcast Music Incorporated |
| BNC | Bayonett Connector (for small coaxial cable) |
| BOC | Bell Operating Company |
| BPA | Broadcast Promotion Association |
| BPME | Broadcast Promotion and Marketing Executives |
| BRC | Broadcast Rating Council – See EMRC |
| BSC | British Society of Cinematographers |
| BSS | Broadcast Satellite Service |
| BTA | Best Time Available |
| BTSC | Broadcast Television Systems Committee |
| C/CS | County Coverage Service |
| CAB | Canadian Association of Broadcasters |
| CAMS | Cable Audience Measurement Study |
| CARS | Community Antenna Relay Service |
| CATA | Community Antenna Television Association |
| CBA | Community Broadcasters Association |
| CBC | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |
| CBO | Congress of Broadcast Organizations |
| CC | Closed-Captioned |
| CCAUS | Component Analog Video Signal |
| CCB | FCC Common Carrier Bureau |
| CCC | Citizens Communication Center |
| CCD | Charge Coupled Device Camera |
| CCIR | International Radio Consultative Committee |
| CCR | Central Control Room |
| CCSB | Clear Channel Broadcasting Service |
| CCTA | Canadian Cable Television Association |
| CCTV | Closed Circuit Television |
| CD | Compact Disk (Audio Recordings) |
| CD-ROM | Compact Disk Read Only Memory (in computer systems) |
| CE | Chief Engineer (Chief Station Operator) |
| CEBA | Communications Excellence to Black Americans |
| CEG/EIA Consumer Electronics Group of Electronics Industries Asscn. | |
| CFR | Can’t Find the Road (Undefined Program Format) |
| CFR | Code of Federal Regulations |
| CH | Critical Hours |
| CHR | Contemporary Hit Radio (Format) |
| CHUT | Cable Households Using Television |
| CIRT | Mexican Association of Broadcasters |
| CLI | Cumulative Leakage Index |
| CMOS | Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor |
| CONTAM | Committee on Nationwide Television Audience Measurement |
| CP | Circular Polizariation |
| CP | Construction Permit |
| CPB | Corporation for Public Broadcasting |
| CPCS | Common Program Control Station for EBS |
| CPD | Committee for Prudent Deregulation |
| CRT | Cathode Ray Tube (Video Monitor) |
| CRT | Copyright Royalty Tribunal |
| CRTC | Canadian Radio Television & Telecommunications Commission |
| CS | Close Shot in Video or Film Production |
| CTAM | Cable Television Administration & Marketing Society |
| CTCM | Chrominance Time-Compression Luminance Multiplex |
| CTS | Communications Technology Satellite |
| CTY | Country Music Program Format |
| CU | Close up shot in video or film production |
| CUB | Council for UHF Broadcasters |
| CUME | Cumulative Audience |
| CUT | Coordinated Universal Time |
| CV | Composite Video |
| CVCC | Canadian Videotext Consultative Committee |
| CVSD | Continuously Variable Slope Delta Modulation |
| CWA | Communications Workers of America |
| DA | Directional Antenna |
| DA | Distribution Amplifier |
| DAC | Digital-to-Audio Converter |
| DAF | Demographic Adjustment Factor |
| DAMA | Demand Assigned Multiple Access |
| DASH | Digital Audio Stationary Head Tape Recorder |
| DATS | Digital Audio Transmission Service |
| DATV | Digitally Assisted Television |
| DB | Delayed Broadcast |
| DBA | Daytime Broadcasters Association (disbanded) |
| DBS | Direct Broadcast Satellite |
| DBSA | Direct Broadcast Satellite Association |
| DCPM | Differential Pulse Code Modulation |
| DE | Director of Engineering |
| DGA | Directors Guild of America |
| DIP | Dual Inline Package integrated circuit assembly |
| DJ | Disk Jockey (announcer for programs of recorded music) |
| DMA | Designated Market Area |
| DMM | Digital Multimeter (used for servicing electronic equipment) |
| DMM | Direct Metel Master (for LP record manufacturing) |
| DNA | Data Not Available |
| DOC | Department of Commerce (USA) |
| DOC | Department of Communications (Canadian) |
| DRAW | Direct Read After Write (Optical Data Disk) |
| DSK | Downstream Keyer |
| DTMF | Dual Tone Multiple Frequency (telephone tone calling system) |
| DTTR | Digital Television Tape Recorder |
| DVE | Digital Video Effects |
| DW | Deutsche Welle (German International Broadcast Service) |
| DX | Long Distance Communications |
| EAN | Emergency Action Notification |
| EBR | Electron Beam Recording |
| EBS | Emergency Broadcast System |
| EBU | European Broadcasting Union |
| ECU | Extreme close up shot in video or film production |
| EEPA | Electromagnetic Energy Policy Alliance |
| EFP | Electronic Field Production |
| EIA | Electronic Industries Association |
| EIAJ | Electronic Industries Association of Japan |
| EIRP | Equivilent Isotropic Radiated Power |
| EJ | Electronic Journalism (now ENG) |
| EMP | Electromagnetic Pulse |
| EMRC | Electronic Media Rating Council |
| ENG | Electronic News Gathering |
| ENP | Electronic News Processing |
| EPA | Environmental Protection Agency |
| EPM | Equipment Performance Measurements |
| EPROM | Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory |
| ERP | Effective Radiated Power |
| ET | Electrical Transcription |
| ETV | Educational Television |
| FAA | Federal Aviation Administration |
| FCBA | Federal Communications Bar Association |
| FCC | Federal Communications Commission |
| FDM | Frequency Division Multiplex |
| FEC | Federal Election Commission |
| FEMA | Federal Emergency Management Agency |
| FET | Field Effect Transistor |
| FIM | Fairness in Media (Organization) |
| FIT | Foundation to Improve Television |
| FM | Frequency Modulation |
| FMX | FM Extended Range Transmission System |
| FNG | Film News Gathering |
| FOB | FCC Field Operations Bureau |
| FOIA | Freedom of Information Act |
| FSK | Frequency Shift Keying |
| FSS | Fixed Satellite Service |
| FTC | Federal Trade Commission |
| FWH | Fast Weekly Household Audiences Report |
| GAO | General Accounting Office |
| GMT | Greenwich Mean Time (Obsolete see UTC) |
| GOE | Group of Experts (International Radio Conferences) |
| GPO | Government Printing Office |
| GRP | Gross Rating Points |
| HAAT | Height Above Average Terrain |
| HASL | Height above Mean Sea Level |
| HBI | Horizontal Blanking Interval |
| HDTV | High Definition Television |
| HF | High Frequency (shortwave broadcasting) |
| HFR | Hold for Release |
| HID | High Intensity Discharger for lighting lamps |
| HPA | High Power Amplifier (used in SNG terminals) |
| HSD | Home Satellite Dish |
| HTR | Household Tracking Report |
| HUT | Household Using Television |
| IAAB | Inter-American Association of Broadcasters |
| IATSE | International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees |
| IBA | Independent Broadcasting Authority |
| IBEW | International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers |
| IBS | Intercollegiate Broadcasting System |
| ICPM | Incidental Carrier Phase Modulation |
| ICR | Inter-City Relay Station |
| ICTV | Independent Community Television Alliance |
| ID | Station identification |
| IEEE | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
| IFB | Interuptable fold-back for SNG circuits |
| IFRB | International Frequency Registration Board |
| IHF | Institute of High Fidelity (merged into EIA) |
| IM | Intermodulation |
| IMD | Intermodulation Distortion |
| INTELSAT International Telecommunications Satellite Organization | |
| INTV | Association of Independent Television Stations |
| IPA | Intermediate Power Amplifier |
| IPS | Inches per Second (linear recording tape speed) |
| IRAC | Interdepartmental Radio Advisory Committee |
| IRE | Institute of Radio Engineers (now IEEE) |
| IRTS | International Radio and Television Society |
| IRTV | International Radio & Television Foundation |
| ISDN | Integrated Services Digital Network |
| ISDN | Integrated Services Digital Network |
| ISL | Inter-satellite Link |
| ITFS | Instructional Television Fixed Service |
| ITNA | Independent Television News Association |
| ITS | Institute of Telecommunication Sciences (div. of NTIA) |
| ITS | International Transcription Service (FCC Copy Service) |
| ITU | International Telecommunication Union |
| IX | Interference |
| JCIC | Joint Council on Intersocietal Coordination |
| JFET | Junction Field Effect Transistor |
| LAPLPS | North American Presentation Level Protocol Standard (Vidtex) |
| LCU | Line Coupling Unit in transmission systems |
| LED | Light Emitting Diode |
| LFCC | Local Frequency Coordinating Committee |
| LIDIA | Local ID Insertion Automatically |
| LMRS | Land Mobile Radio Service |
| LNA | Low Noise Amplifier |
| LOP | Least Objectionable Program |
| LP | Long Play Phonograph Recording (33-1/3 rpm microgroove) |
| LPAS | Low Power Auxiliary Service for Broadcast Stations |
| LPTV | Low Power Television |
| LS | Local Sunset |
| LS | Long shot in video or film production |
| LSI | Large Scale Integrated Circuit |
| LTU | Line Tuning Unit in transmission systems |
| MAC | Multiplex Analog Component TV Transmission |
| MAP | Media Access Project |
| MCR | Master Control Room |
| MCS | Multi-channel Sound for TV |
| MCTV | Multichannel TV |
| MCU | Medium Close Up Shot in Video or Film Production |
| MDS | Multipoint Distribution Service |
| MEOV | Maximum Expected Operating Value |
| MERPS | Multiple Event Record & Playback System |
| MIDI | Musical Instrument Digital Interface |
| MIRF | Master International Frequency Register (of ITU) |
| MLS | Medium Long Shot in Video or Film Production |
| MM | Metered Market Service |
| MMB | FCC Mass Media Bureau |
| MMDS | Multichannel-Multipoint Distribution Service |
| MNA | Multi-Network Area |
| MO&O | Memorandum Opinion and Order |
| MOL | Maximum Operating Level |
| MOP | Minute of Program |
| MOR | Middle of the Road Program Format |
| MOSFET | Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor |
| MOT | Main (Satellite) Operating Terminal |
| MP | Modified Permit |
| MP | Monitoring Point (for AM directional antenna systems) |
| MPA | Multiple Product Advertisement |
| MPAA | Motion Picture Association of America |
| MSA | Metro Survey Area |
| MSI | Market Statistics Inc. |
| MSO | Multiple System OPerator (CATV) |
| MSS | Mobile Satellite Service |
| MST | Association of Maximum Service Telecasters |
| MTBF | Mean Time Between Failure(s) |
| MTBR | Mean Time Between Repair(s) |
| MTS | Multichannel Television Sound |
| MTV | Music Television |
| MUF | Maximum Usable Frequency (in HF broadcasting) |
| MUSE | Multiple Sub-Nyquist Sampling Encoding (for TV) |
| MUX | Multiplex communications transmissions |
| MX | Mutually Exclusive Condition |
| N/T | News-Talk Program Format |
| NAB | National Association of Broadcasters |
| NABA | North American Broadcast Association |
| NABB | National Association of Better Broadcasting |
| NABET | National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians |
| NABOB | National Association of Black-Owned Broadcasters |
| NABTS | North American Broadcast Teletext Standard |
| NAC | National Audience Composition |
| NACT | National Association of Community TV Broadcasters |
| NAD | National Audience Demographics |
| NAEB | National Association of Educational Broadcasters (disbanded |
| NAITPD | National Association of Independent TV Producers & Distribut |
| NAL | Notice of Apparent Liability |
| NAPTE | National Association of Television Program Executives |
| NAPTS | National Association of Public Television Stations |
| NARAS | National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences |
| NARBA | North American Radio Broadcasting Agreement |
| NARTE | National Association of Radio & Television Engineers |
| NARUC | National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners |
| NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| NASB | National Association of Spanish Broadcasters |
| NATAS | National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |
| NATO | National Association of Theater Owners |
| NBI | Nielsen Broadcast Index |
| NBMC | National Black Media Coalition |
| NBN | National Black Network |
| NCCB | National Citizens Committee for Broadcasting |
| NCFM | Noncommercial FM |
| NCPAC | National Conservative Political Action Committee |
| NCTA | National Cable Television Association |
| NCTV | National Coalition on Television Violence |
| NEH | National Endowment for the Humanities |
| NEMO | Not Emanating from Main Office (A Remote Broadcast) |
| NHI | Nielson Home Video Index |
| NHK | Japanese National Broadcast System |
| NIAC | National Industry Advisory Committee (EBS) |
| NILPTV | National Institute for Lower Power TV |
| NNA | National Newspaper Association |
| NOI | Notice of Inquiry |
| NPACT | National Public Affairs Center for Television |
| NPBS | Nielson Post-Buy Service |
| NPR | National Public Radio |
| NPRM | Notice of Proposed Rule Making |
| NRB | National Religious Broadcasters |
| NRBA | National Radio Broadcasters Association (merged with NAB) |
| NSA | National Security Agency |
| NSEP | National Security & Emergency Procedures |
| NSI | Nielsen Station Index |
| NTA | National Translator Association |
| NTI | Nielson Television Index |
| NTIA | National Telecommunications and Information Administration |
| NTIS | National Technical Information Service (Dept. of Commerce) |
| NTSC | National Television System Committee |
| O&O | Owned and Operated |
| OCPA | FCC Office of Congressional and Public Affairs |
| OET | FCC Office of Engineering & Technology (formerly OST) |
| OFS | Operational Fixed Service |
| OIRT | International Radio and Television Organization |
| OMB | Office of Management and Budget |
| OMD | FCC Office of Managing Director |
| OPP | FCC Office of Plans and Policy |
| OROM | Optical Read Only Memory (for data storage) |
| ORTF | French National Broadcasting Organization |
| OS | Off Screen |
| OSHA | Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
| OST | FCC Office of Science & Technology (renamed OET) |
| OSTP | Office of Science & Telecommunications Policy |
| OTO | One Time Only |
| OTP | Office of Telecommunications Polity (now NTIA) |
| PA | Power Amplifier |
| PA | Public Address System |
| PA | Public Affairs |
| PAC | Political Action Committee |
| PACCT | Political Action Committee for Cable Television |
| PACT | Private Access Communications Terminals (Satellite Service) |
| PAL | European Color Television System |
| PBS | Public Broadcasting Service |
| PBX | Private Branch (Telephone) Exchange |
| PC | Personal Computer |
| PCB | Polyychlorinated Biphenyl (fluid used in electrical equip.) |
| PCM | Pulse Code Modulation |
| PD | Program Director – Production Director |
| PD | Public Domain Material |
| PDM | Pulse Duration Modulation |
| PDT | Published Data Tapes |
| PE | Professional Engineer Registered or Licensed |
| PGA | Producers Guild of America |
| PI | Per Inquiry |
| PLL | Phase Lock(ed) Loop |
| PLP | Presentation Level Protocol |
| PLT | Private Line Telecommunications Circuit |
| PM | Permanent Magnet |
| PMRC | Parents Music Resource Center |
| POE | Panel of Experts |
| POM | Professional Owners & Managers |
| POV | Point of View Shot in Video or Film Production |
| PPI | Peak Program (level) Indicator |
| PPM | Peak Program Meter |
| PPV | Pay per View |
| PRB | FCC Private Radio Bureau |
| PRS | Program Rating Summary Report |
| PSA | Presunrise Service Authorization |
| PSA | Public Service Announcement |
| PSK | Phase Shift Keying |
| PSRA | PreSunrise Authority |
| PSSA | Post Sunset Authority |
| PSSC | Public Service Satellite Consortium |
| PTAR | Prime Time Access Rule |
| PTT | Postal Telephone & Telegraph Administration |
| PTT | Push to Talk (microphone) |
| PTV | Public Television |
| PVC | Polyvinyl Chloride (common plastic) |
| QM | Quadrature Modulation |
| QPSK | Quadrature Phase Shift Keying |
| R&F | Reach & Frequency |
| R&O | FCC Report & Order in Rulemaking Proceeding |
| RAB | Radio Advertising Bureau |
| RADAR | Radio All Dimension Audio Research |
| RADAR | Radio Detection and Ranging |
| RADET | Rapid Deployment Earth Terminal for SNG |
| RAM | Random Access Memory (in computer systems) |
| RARC | Regional Administrative Radio Conference |
| RASO | Radio Allocations Study Organization |
| RCA | Radio Club of America |
| RCC | Radio Common Carrier |
| RCI | Radio Canada International |
| RCL | Remote Control Location |
| RDD | Random Digital Dialing (for audience surveys) |
| RFA | Regulatory Flexibility Act |
| RFE | Radio Free Europe |
| RFI | Radio Frequency Interference |
| RFR | Radio Frequency Radiation |
| RGB | Red-Green-Blue Color Monitor Signal |
| RIAA | Recording Industry Association of America |
| RIAS | Radio in American Sector (Berlin) |
| RL | Radio Liberty |
| RMS | Root Mean Square |
| RN | Radio Nederland (Dutch International Broadcast Service) |
| RNA | Radio Network Association |
| RO | Receive-Only Earth Terminal |
| ROM | Read Only Memory (in computer systems) |
| ROS | Run of Schedule |
| ROSP | Report on Syndicated Programs |
| RP | Rear Projection |
| RP | Restricted Radiotelephone Operator Permit |
| RPU | Remote Pickup Unit |
| RSS | Root Sum Square |
| RTCA | Radio-Television Correspondents Association |
| RTES | Radio & Television Executives Society |
| RTNDA | Radio & Television News Directors Association |
| RTRC | Radio & Television Research Council |
| S/I | Signal to Interference Ratio |
| S/N | Signal to Noise Ratio |
| SAC | Sales Advisory Committee of TBA |
| SAG | Screen Actors Guild |
| SAP | Second Audio Program on TV subcarrier |
| SAR | Specific Absorption Rate of Radio Frequency Radiation |
| SAW | Surface Acoustic Wave (type of electronic filter) |
| SAWA | Screen Advertising World Association |
| SBA | Small Business Administration |
| SBC | Standard Broadcast Calendar |
| SBE | Society of Broadcast Engineers |
| SBS | Sound Broadcast Satellite |
| SCA | Subsidiary Communications Authority |
| SCG | Screen Cartoonists Guild |
| SCPC | Single Channel per Carrier |
| SCTE | Society of Cable Television Engineers |
| SDX | Sigma Delta Chi (Journalism Society) |
| SE | Sound Effects |
| SECAM | French and Russian Color Television System |
| SECC | State Emergency Communications Committee (for EBS) |
| SEG | Screen Extras Guild |
| SESAC | Society of European Songwriters Artists and Composers |
| SFX | Sound Effects |
| SH | Specified Hours (Licensed hours of operation) |
| SIA | Storage Instantaneous Audimeter |
| SID | Source Identification Signal (in TV VBI) |
| SIU | Sets in Use |
| SMA | Special Market Area |
| SMATV | Subscription Master Antenna Television |
| SMPTE | Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers |
| SMSA | Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area |
| SNG | Satellite News Gathering |
| SOF | Sound on Film |
| SOT | Sound on Tape |
| SPACE | Society for Private & Commercial Earth Stations |
| SPARS | Society of Professional Audio Recording Studios |
| SPL | Sound Pressure Level |
| SRA | Station Representative Association Inc. |
| STA | Special Temporary Authority |
| STC | Satellite Television Corp. |
| STL | Studio Transmitter Link |
| STV | Subscription Television |
| STVA | Subscription Television Association |
| SVI | Standard Volume Indicator (VU Meter) |
| SVRC | Satellite Viewing Rights Coalition |
| SWARC | Satellite World Radio Conference |
| T&A | Tits and Ass |
| T/R | Transmit – Receive Earth Terminal |
| TARPAC | Television & Radio Political Action Committee |
| TARPEC | Television and Radio Political Education Committee |
| TASO | Television Allocations Study Organization |
| TBA | To Be Announced |
| TBC | Time Base Corrector |
| TBD | To be Determined |
| TBR | To be Recorded |
| TD | Technical Director |
| TDMA | Time Division Multiple Access (Satellite system) |
| TF | Till Forbid (open-ended advertising schedule) |
| TFN | Till Further Notice (scheduled for broadcast) |
| THD | Total Harmonic Distortion |
| TI | Terrestrial Interference to space communications |
| TIM | Transient Intermodulation Distortion |
| TIO | Television Information Office |
| TMC | Time Multiplex Component Video |
| TMP | Test Market Profile |
| TNC | Threaded Connector (for small coaxial cable) |
| TOC | Television Operator Council |
| TPO | Transmitter Power Output |
| TRF | Tuned Radio Frequency (type of receiver) |
| TRL | Telemetry Return Link |
| TSA | Total Survey Area |
| TSL | Transmitter to Studio Link |
| TVB | Television Bureau of Advertising |
| TVI | Television reception interference |
| TVRO | TV Receive-only Satellite Earth Terminal |
| TWTA | Travelling Wave Tube Amplifier |
| UC | Urban Contemporary (Program format) |
| UHF | Ultra-High Frequency |
| UL | Underwriters Laboratory |
| USIA | United States Information Agency |
| UT | Universal Coordinated Time (formerly GMT) |
| VAC | Voltage – Alternating Current |
| VAR | Video to Audio Carrier Ratio |
| VBI | Vertical Blanking Interval |
| VBIC | Vertical Blanking Interval Code |
| VCO | Voltage Controlled Oscillator |
| VCR | Video Cassette Recorder |
| VDP | Video Disk Player |
| VHF | Very High Frequency |
| VHS | Video Home System (a video cassette recording format) |
| VIMCAS | Vertical Interval Multi-channel Audio System |
| VIRS | Vertical Interval Reference Signal |
| VITC | Vertical Interval Time Code |
| VITS | Vertical Interval Television Signal |
| VOA | Voice of America |
| VOM | Volt Ohm Meter (used in electronic service work) |
| VPS | Viewers per Set |
| VPVH | Viewer per Viewing Household |
| VSWR | Voltage Standing Wave Ratio |
| VTR | Video Tape Recorder |
| VTVM | Vacuum Tume Volt Meter (used in electronic service work) |
| VU | Volume Unit (measurement of program level) |
| WARC | World Administrative Radio Conference |
| WATCH | Washington Association of Television & Children |
| WATS | Wide Area Telephone Service |
| WGA | Writers Guild of America |
| WHCA | White House Communications Agency |
| WIC | Women in Cable |
| WPFC | World Press Freedom Committee |
| WST | World System Teletext |
| WW | Working Women |
| ZI | Zoom In |
| ZO | Zoom Out |
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